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DAVID KENNEDY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRlNDlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,372, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed June 2, 1902. Serial No. 109,923. (No model.)

To (1,7/7, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that/I, DAVID KENNEDY, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Grinding-Machines; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedFigure 1 is a top or plan View of my improved grinding-machine with thehopper removed therefrom. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improvedgrinding-machine. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of one end of themachine on the line w .fr in Figs. l and 4. Fig. L is a transversesection on the line 1/ y in Figs. l and 3.

1n the drawings illustrating my invention, A is the frame of themachine. In the rear of this frame I mount a driving-shaft B, providedwith a corrugated grinding-cylinder C, preferably made with V-shapeddepressions C'. This shaft B is also provided with a driving-pulley Dand preferably with balancewheels D/ D'.

In the frame A, adjacent to the grindingcylinder C, I secure alongitudinally-adjustable grinding-jaw E, the rear end of which issupported upon guides a on the frame and the front end upon strongsprings E',

so that in case a non-grindable substance passes down between thecylinder C and the jaw the front end of the jaw will move downward andallow it to pass without stopping the machine, after which the springs Eautomatically return the jaw E to its normal position.

Upon the rear of the frame A, I secure an adjustable defiector F, whichoperates to prevent the finely-ground material passing between thecylinder and grinding-jaw from being carried around the rapidlyrevolving grinding-cylinder C. On the top of the frame above thecylinder C and the grinding-jaw E, I secure to the frame A a hopper I-I,and in the frame A, above the grinding-jaw E, I mount on guides Gr Gr Grtwo reciprocating feeding-jaws I I, driven by cranks or eccentrics J J,on a shaft K and pitmen jj", the cranks or leccentrics J J being setupon the shaft K, so as to move the feeding-jaws I I alternately forwardand back toward and from the grinding-cylinder C, so that one or theother of the feeding-jaws is at all times forcing material into contactwith the grindingcylinder, so that the grinding-cylinder is constantlyengaging the material being ground. The shaft K is driven from the mainshaft B by means of ordinary belt and cog gearingL L', geared back to aspeed suitable for reciprocating the feed-jaws I I.

Having described my invention, so as to enable others to construct andoperate the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is-

1. The combination in a grinding-machine, of a corrugatedgrinding-cylinder,a compound grinding-j aw consisting substantially of avertically-adjustable lower jaw member, and two or more upper jawmembers reciprocating alternately toward and from the grinding-cylinder,and mechanism for alternately moving said reciprocating jaw members,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in a grinding-machine, of an annularly-groovedcorrugated cylinder, a compound grinding-jaw consisting substantially ofa longitudinallyadjustable lower jaw member provided with a yieldingsupport under its jaw end, and two or more upper jaw membersreciprocating alternately toward and away from the grinding-cylinder,and crank or eccentric mechanism for reciprocating said upper jawmembers and moving them alternately toward and from thegrinding-cylinder, so that one of them is constantly forcing thematerial being ground against the grinding-cylinder, substantially asset forth. I0

In testimony whereof I afrix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID KENNEDY. Witnesses:

H. M. STURGEON, F. J. BAssETT.

